MORNING HEADLINES | Members of Congress are making the rounds in South Carolina to talk with voters about issues ranging from dysfunction in Washington to using the federal government as a model for what they think should happen here.
In a Tuesday “People’s Town Hall” at Wofford College in Spartanburg, Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn traveled outside of his 6th district to meet with voters frustrated by few meet-and-greet events by Republican congressmen across the state.
Clyburn called for Democrats to get to work to blunt the “threats to our democracy” posed by President Donald Trump, advocating for an “all of the above approach” of rallies, protests, social media engagement, letters to newspapers and conversations with neighbors.
“We all have different talents, and what I think we need to do is use whatever talent you have in whatever way you can to fight this,” he said.
Meanwhile in North Augusta Wednesday, Lowcountry GOP U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace attended a forum with about 50 people where she discussed everything from Trump to transgender politics to her running for governor in 2026.
“I would model everything that President Trump is doing with federal workers, and I would model it at the state level on down,” Mace said when asked about her first order of business if she were to become governor.
The North Augusta was tame compared to an earlier Monday appearance at the University of South Carolina.
The event quickly became a question-and-answer session as people in the audience interrupted Mace’s speech by shouting questions about immigration, abortion, student loans and her repeated use of the phrase “lunatic left” to describe Democrats.
A video from the event showed Mace double-down on offensive language to a transgender student in a heated exchange when she was asked to apologize for using the word “tranny.”
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